1) What is the current calendar most of the world uses / accepts? Explain who made it and why this is accepted. Its the Gregarian calendar internationally accepted civil callender, it was introduced by God Pope Gregory XIII 2) What is a leap year? A leap year is a evenly divisible number by 4, but not if the year number is evenly divisible by 100. 3) List three other types of calendars used and how they set up their calendar (ex. Lunar). Lunar and Solar 4) What is BC?Before Christ 5) What is BCE?Before Common Era 6) What is AD?Means Anno Domini, its the year of our Lord, reffering to the year of christs birth. 7) What is CE?Common Era 8) What is MYA?Millions of years ago 9) According to the timeline site how many periods of when are there and list time. 14000 MYA Big Bang ; 4600 MYA Formation Earth ; 543 MYA - 490 MYA Cambrian ;290 MYA - 248 MYA Permian ;245 MYA- 65 MYA Mesozic ; 5 MYA- 2500 BC 4th Millenium BC; 70000 BC- 8000 BC Ice age ; 9000 BC - 4500 BC first settlements ; 3200 BC- 1200 BC 3rd Millenium BC ;1200 BC- 332 BC 2nd Millenium BC ; 63 BC - 476 First century ; 330 - 1453 Byzantine; 476 - 1350 Middle Ages ;1350 - 1600 Renaissance. 10) What is an eon, epoch, era, and age? Eon- A particular period of time.
Epoch- A particular period of time marked by distinctive features, events, etc.
Era- A period of time marked by distinctive character, event etc.
Age- The length of time during which a being or thing has existed. 11) List three ancient calendars aztec calender clock - lunar - stoneage 12) List two ancient clocks and how they worked. The Pendulum clocks, it would have an error of less than one minute a day, the first time such accuracy had been achieved.
The short clock was overtaken by the quartz clock. It was operated by quartz crystals. If you applied an eletric field to the crystal it would change the shape. 13) What was a revolution of timekeeping?Mechanical clock 14) What allows for standard more accurate clocks? .Atomic Clock 15) What are time zones? Time zones are one of the 24 regions or divisions of the globe approximately coinciding with meridians at successive hours from the observatory at Greenwhich, England. 16) What is the prime meridian? The Meridian running through Greenwhich, England, from which longitude east and west is reckoned. 17) If it's 10:00AM in Regina, what time is it in Toronto?London? Moscow? Tokyo? Hawaii?
Toronto- 12:00 Am
London-8:00 Pm
Moscow- 11:00 Pm
Tokyo- 6:00 Am
Hawaii- 6:00 Am 18) What is Daylight saving time? Do we use this in saskatchewan?When people turn their clock backwards . and we do not have daylight saving time in saskatchewan 19) Is there a year zero? No there isnt a year zero. 20) Are we starting a new decade in 2010 or 2011?2011 will be starting a new decade. 21) What is linear time?In computer science, the time complexity of an algorithm quantifies the amount of time taken by a algorithm quantifies the amount of time taken byy an algorithm to run as a function of th size of the input to the problem. 22) What is a cyclical time?
years are named and there are 60 names. Once the 60 names are finished the next year begins. it Repeats itself in a motion.
Geological Time Activites
1) What happened at 12 AM January 1, 2004? 4600 Earth formed from planetary nebula 2) What happened at 4:41 PM February, 25 2004? 3900Inferred origin of life (first cells) 3) How long of actual time happened between the event in question one and two? 700 million years ago 4) What happen at 3:39 PM September 3, 2004? 3800Oldest age-dated rocks on Earth 5) What happened at 7:40 PM November 21, 2004? - 505 Ordovician system begins
- 505 First fish 6) What happened at 1:27PM December 2, 2004? 370 First sharks 7) What happened at 12:09 PM December 12, 2004? 245 End of Paleozoic, 96% of all life on Earth perishes 8) What happened at 8:37 PM December 13, 2004? 228 First dinosaurs (Eoraptor and Saltoposuchus) 9) What happened at 7:52 PM December 26, 2004? 65 End of Mesozoic, probably meteor or comet impact 10) What happened at 5:18 PM December 31, 2004? 4 Oldest human like ancestors (hominids) 11) What happened at 11:48 PM December 31, 2004? 0.1 First modern man, Homo sapiens 12) What happened at 12:00 AM January 1, 2005? 63 years World War II 13) How long of actual time happened between the event in question 11 and 937 million years 14) How old is the Earth? The Earth is 4.55 Billion Years old. 15) On the chart how many years are represented by one second? 1 second equals about 146 years
1] About how long ago did the Big-Bang take place?
About 13.7 billion years ago
2] What is a black hole?
Black holes are areas of intense gravitational pressure.
3] Does the universe continue to expand?
To this day yes it does continue and expand and cool.
4] Was there really a Big-Bang?
No there wasnt really a big bang
5] What light elements seem to support the Big-Bang Theory?
Hyrdrogen and Helium
Name:
Cassandra LintottDate: September 13th
Website:
http://www.big-bang-theory.com/
1) What is the current calendar most of the world uses / accepts? Explain who made it and why this is accepted.
Its the Gregarian calendar internationally accepted civil callender, it was introduced by God Pope Gregory XIII
2) What is a leap year?
A leap year is a evenly divisible number by 4, but not if the year number is evenly divisible by 100.
3) List three other types of calendars used and how they set up their calendar (ex. Lunar). Lunar and Solar
4) What is BC? Before Christ
5) What is BCE? Before Common Era
6) What is AD? Means Anno Domini, its the year of our Lord, reffering to the year of christs birth.
7) What is CE? Common Era
8) What is MYA?Millions of years ago
9) According to the timeline site how many periods of when are there and list time. 14000 MYA Big Bang ; 4600 MYA Formation Earth ; 543 MYA - 490 MYA Cambrian ;290 MYA - 248 MYA Permian ;245 MYA- 65 MYA Mesozic ; 5 MYA- 2500 BC 4th Millenium BC; 70000 BC- 8000 BC Ice age ; 9000 BC - 4500 BC first settlements ; 3200 BC- 1200 BC 3rd Millenium BC ;1200 BC- 332 BC 2nd Millenium BC ; 63 BC - 476 First century ; 330 - 1453 Byzantine; 476 - 1350 Middle Ages ;1350 - 1600 Renaissance.
10) What is an eon, epoch, era, and age?
Eon- A particular period of time.
Epoch- A particular period of time marked by distinctive features, events, etc.
Era- A period of time marked by distinctive character, event etc.
Age- The length of time during which a being or thing has existed.
11) List three ancient calendars
aztec calender clock - lunar - stoneage
12) List two ancient clocks and how they worked.
The Pendulum clocks, it would have an error of less than one minute a day, the first time such accuracy had been achieved.
The short clock was overtaken by the quartz clock. It was operated by quartz crystals. If you applied an eletric field to the crystal it would change the shape.
13) What was a revolution of timekeeping?Mechanical clock
14) What allows for standard more accurate clocks? . Atomic Clock
15) What are time zones?
Time zones are one of the 24 regions or divisions of the globe approximately coinciding with meridians at successive hours from the observatory at Greenwhich, England.
16) What is the prime meridian?
The Meridian running through Greenwhich, England, from which longitude east and west is reckoned.
17) If it's 10:00AM in Regina, what time is it in Toronto? London? Moscow? Tokyo? Hawaii?
Toronto- 12:00 Am
London-8:00 Pm
Moscow- 11:00 Pm
Tokyo- 6:00 Am
Hawaii- 6:00 Am
18) What is Daylight saving time? Do we use this in saskatchewan? When people turn their clock backwards . and we do not have daylight saving time in saskatchewan
19) Is there a year zero? No there isnt a year zero.
20) Are we starting a new decade in 2010 or 2011?2011 will be starting a new decade.
21) What is linear time?In computer science, the time complexity of an algorithm quantifies the amount of time taken by a algorithm quantifies the amount of time taken byy an algorithm to run as a function of th size of the input to the problem.
22) What is a cyclical time?
years are named and there are 60 names. Once the 60 names are finished the next year begins. it Repeats itself in a motion.
Geological Time Activites
1) What happened at 12 AM January 1, 2004?
4600 Earth formed from planetary nebula
2) What happened at 4:41 PM February, 25 2004?
3900Inferred origin of life (first cells)
3) How long of actual time happened between the event in question one and two?
700 million years ago
4) What happen at 3:39 PM September 3, 2004?
3800Oldest age-dated rocks on Earth
5) What happened at 7:40 PM November 21, 2004?
- 505 Ordovician system begins
- 505 First fish
6) What happened at 1:27PM December 2, 2004?
370 First sharks
7) What happened at 12:09 PM December 12, 2004?
245 End of Paleozoic, 96% of all life on Earth perishes
8) What happened at 8:37 PM December 13, 2004?
228 First dinosaurs (Eoraptor and Saltoposuchus)
9) What happened at 7:52 PM December 26, 2004?
65 End of Mesozoic, probably meteor or comet impact
10) What happened at 5:18 PM December 31, 2004?
4 Oldest human like ancestors (hominids)
11) What happened at 11:48 PM December 31, 2004?
0.1 First modern man, Homo sapiens
12) What happened at 12:00 AM January 1, 2005?
63 years World War II
13) How long of actual time happened between the event in question 11 and
937 million years
14) How old is the Earth?
The Earth is 4.55 Billion Years old.
15) On the chart how many years are represented by one second?
1 second equals about 146 years